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Nintendo series reborn

These three articles – 3DS and Vita: Past, Present and Future, How does Wii U fit in my wallet? and Nintendo series reborn – were originally written as entries for the Blog of the Week competition at IGN. The first two won the prize and I think the third is pretty good, too. I hope you enjoy!

This article was originally posted on IGN on April 3, 2012.

Nintendo has a vast repertoire of franchises just waiting to reappear. In particular, we spent a whole generation without any F-Zero or EarthBound title. Other series, despite not having the powerful presence Mario and Zelda had, did show their faces. Let’s talk about each of them:

Star Fox had Star Fox Command on the Nintendo DS, which didn’t exactly revolutionize the series and was soon forgotten. More recently, the fan-favorite Star Fox 64 was remade in 3D. With a fresh multiplayer mode, it was a success within the series’ fanbase, but didn’t offer enough new content to be worth much attention. Along with the critical success of Retro’s Metroid Prime trilogy, the Metroid series tried – with mixed results – to return to its roots in Metroid: Other M. It also ventured into the shooter and pinball genres, and while Metroid Prime Hunters and Metroid Prime Pinball were decent games, they were not what the average Metroid fan was after. The New Play Control! series offered Pikmin and Pikmin 2 (in Europe and Japan, at least) once again with pointer controls. The games were fun to revisit, but just that. Nothing new. Retro impressed us again with Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was a fresh take on the classic SNES trilogy and could easily be considered one of the best sidescrollers of this generation. Kirby was always around with his fair dose of games, both traditional and experimental.